Episode Summary: "How To Tap Into Your Higher Self To Create Your Dream Life"

Podcast: Healing + Human Potential
Host: Alyssa Nobriga
Guest: Lindsay (Head Coach, Institute for Coaching Mastery)
Date: November 12, 2025

Overview

In this episode, Alyssa Nobriga sits down with Lindsay, a successful coach, mom, and head coach inside Alyssa's coaching certification program, to share a candid and inspiring story of personal transformation. The conversation centers on moving through perfectionism, self-doubt, and fear, into a life that feels truly aligned—with a thriving business, deep family presence, and inner fulfillment. It’s packed with practical wisdom, honest reflections, and encouragement for anyone feeling called to more but unsure how to start.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The "Before" Story: Feeling That Call for More (01:44)

• Lindsay’s starting point: Working as a coach in a nonprofit, dabbling in her own business, and feeling a strong desire for something greater. She wanted to impact women’s lives, earn a good income, and have time for her family.
• Origin of her dream: Inspired by seeing facilitators address large groups and help people “uplevel their consciousness and live from the truth of who they are.”

  “I heard this voice...That is what I want to do.” (Lindsay, 02:45)

2. Identifying Inner Blocks: Perfectionism, Self-Doubt & Playing Small (04:42)

• Perfectionism lineage: Lindsay shares a powerful family anecdote about realizing her ingrained belief of not being "good enough."
• Safety through ‘dabbling’: Holding back to avoid the pain of possible failure.
• The importance of inner work: Alyssa reframes business as a path of personal healing:

  “It’s not just healing for the sake of healing. It’s real healing as a change of behavior.” (Alyssa, 06:14)

3. The Turning Point: Shifting from Fear to Essence (07:24)

• Joining the program: Lindsay describes diving deeply into self-acceptance, and learning to “let her highest self drive the ship of life.”
• Messy, imperfect action: Letting go of needing to do things perfectly led to freedom, risk-taking, and real progress.
• Aliveness and alignment:

  "I just felt so free because I had woken up out of the illusion that my performance meant anything about me...I was free, and so I was willing to take risks.” (Lindsay, 08:22)

4. Creating Her Vision: Spaciousness, Success & Presence (09:49, 11:34)

• Current life setup: Runs group programs Jan-Jun (~12 hours/month), takes summers off, enrolls new cohorts in the fall, all while making multiple six figures. Little to zero time on social media.
• True abundance:

  “There’s no hustle, there’s no grind, there’s no burnout. Working with you in your program, I finally learned how to step into this dream…” (Lindsay, 11:34)

5. Redefining Success: Enoughness and Alignment (13:37—15:28)

• Permission to stop pushing: Alyssa and Lindsay discuss the rarity and power of recognizing "I've arrived," rather than chasing endless goals.
• Challenging the sacrifice myth:

  “There’s a misunderstanding that in order to make six figures or multiple six figures that you have to sacrifice...I am living proof that that is not true.” (Lindsay, 15:06)

6. Outer Shifts: Serving, Relationships, and Non-Social Media Strategies (16:19—22:19)

• Business via service and referrals: Focus on deep service and client relationships generates organic, easy client flow. Majority of marketing is through workshops and personal connections.
• Transformative sales mindset:

  “I used to orient around sales as ‘what can I get?’...Now I see sales as service.” (Lindsay, 17:42)

• Practical example: Hosted a ‘Clarity Session’ at a friend’s book club, enrolled first clients for $5,000 each, $50,000 in first year with zero social media.

7. The Real Measure of Success: Who You Become (23:36—26:10)

• Pivotal moment: Emotional triumph not just in business metrics but in self-love, compassion, and becoming the woman she had hoped to be:

  “I was so proud...not because of the number of women who enrolled, not the amount of money, but because of the woman I’d become in the process.” (Lindsay, 24:25)

8. Advice for the ‘Younger Self’ & Listeners on the Journey (27:35)

• Message to the past self (and listeners):

  “You are so precious just as you are. You have nothing to prove. That longing in your heart was put there for a divine reason. You can trust your heart. It’s safe to go after this.” (Lindsay, 27:35)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Learning to accept imperfection:

  “Part of creating a successful business is taking messy and perfect action. There is no perfect roadmap to follow without pitfalls.” (Lindsay, 08:47)

• On what business really is:

  “At the end of the day, the journey of creating clients and creating the income is ultimately in service to us waking up to the truth of who we are.” (Lindsay, 12:54)

• Real abundance and presence:

  “I can be the mom I want to be...There’s no hustle, no burnout.” (Lindsay, 11:34)

• The myth of needing social media:

  “You don’t have to use social media...you can create all the clients you want by plugging into other people’s communities or already established groups.” (Alyssa, 22:04)

Important Timestamps

• [01:44] Lindsay’s beginnings, dreams, and initial fears
• [04:42] Perfectionism & early childhood imprinting
• [07:24] The major inner shift—letting the higher self lead
• [09:49] Description of current business/life setup
• [13:37] Permission to stop pushing and constant striving
• [15:06] Reframing success and debunking sacrifice myth
• [16:19] Building programs through direct service, not social media
• [22:19] First $50,000 cohort from a book club workshop
• [23:36] Emotional “mountaintop” moment: The woman Lindsay became
• [27:35] Wisdom for her younger self and others on the path

Takeaways for Listeners

• Perfectionism and self-doubt are normal steps on the journey of answering your calling.
• Action, even messy and imperfect, is essential—inner alignment is far more important than outside validation or rigid “perfect” plans.
• You can design success and wealth to support—rather than compete with—family, presence, and well-being.
• True sales and marketing are about service, connection, and integrity—not manipulation.
• Your dreams and desires are divinely placed—trusting them (and yourself) is both safe and transformative.

If you resonate with the journey or want to immerse in a supportive coaching community, Alyssa’s Coach Certification program details can be found in the show notes or at alyssanobriga.com/apply.